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theshizzler

I commented on your other entry already. I felt that it appealed to the lowest common denominator and went for cheap votes. This entry, however, is much more interesting. It shows the same artistic skill, but fits the overall theme better.

Tanapangarap

I have nothing to say about ramyb's latest designs, but it is getting amusing seeing the poor responses being made by his supporters against the critics. Case in point:

Selene1212 wrote:Obviously if she's frequently winning it means there is something to the design

Yes, it means a lot of people like it. However, it seems that you may be implying more: that, somehow, popularity correlates with quality, which is simply not the case. Popularity may often coincide with quality, but it is not necessarily a reliable indicator of it (e.g., most people in the less enlightened age when medical practice was in its infancy used to believe in a variety of medical practices that were not actually useful). I am not going to argue what constitutes quality designs because that is not my point: I am only arguing that popularity does not necessarily mean that something is of greater quality than something that is less popular.

Note: As I said "it seems that you may be implying more", please note that I understand you may not have been implying that popularity necessarily means quality.

This is interesting, because I see it a lot: people like you like to think that if somebody is criticizing a design, it must be because he is jealous. Why is it that you cannot believe that someone has an honest motive for criticizing a design? Maybe he genuinely simply believes that the design is bad (whatever that means).

A critic does not have to be a designer who wins a lot to make a valid point in his criticism. However, I do not think you really believe it anyway; you just wanted to make a jab at the critics. Too bad it was such a poorly executed jab.

monstereatbaby

This is absolutely perfect! (Well, I could get nitpicky and say add back the key and THEN it'd be perfect, but you've done enough work already, I'm not gonna demand more resubs just for a personal tweak). In any case, I'd buy this shirt 100 times over, great job! Now please make it to the fog, please make it to the fog...

Stuntdummy

I'm not sure making steam come out of a robot properly catches the "steam punk" idea. I find this, as I find many of Ramyb's works, sub-par on the originality and accuracy-to-the-theme scales. And yet, it's always fogged.
But I don't blame Ramyb, because lots of contenders submit sub-par work; I blame the voters who continually eat this stuff up.

Tell me people, HOW DO YOU DO IT? What compels you? If I submitted a masterpiece and Ramyb submitted a shirt with a pile of excrement on it, by your voting record I would still lose! I'm flabbergasted...

jasneko

chade2001 wrote:i'm guessing this will be your first of twelve billion entries this week! i wish i had your energy. hahaha. cool cat, i like the way you drew the steam. took me forever to draw mine, ended up with a silly halftone!

Actually... I've run a little low on steam this derby(haha). This may be the only one... maybe one or 2 more if I get time, but it definitely won't be like previous derbies - don't have the ideas this derby, or the time.
Thanks for the comment, glad you like the cat and steam!

koronae

I've got such mixed feelings on this piece. I think the girl looks great, personally. I like that this is a red riding hood homage. I also like the armor on the wolf. But the steampipes on it's back just look kind of silly to me. This doesn't exactly scream steampunk to me personally, but it is a good try.

chade2001

grypes wrote:I'm really starting to feel like I'm just not cut out for shirt design.

hah! don't give up dude! i mean you draw pretty well, and your stuff has been consistently good. maybe it's just a matter of time before that lucky hand points at you. i wish i can give you an advice, but i'm not much of an artist. hopefully some of the highly regarded artist here, like boots or drakxxxx or somebody, drops by and impart some artistically sagacious advice on what to do. if not, curse them all! curse them all to the fiery pits of some fiery ocean!!!

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